Amatitlania
| Amatitlania | |
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| Amatitlania nigrofasciata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Cichlinae |
| Tribe: | Heroini |
| Genus: | Amatitlania Schmitter-Soto, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Amatitlania nigrofasciata Günther, 1867
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| Synonyms | |
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Bussingius Schmitter-Soto, 2007 | |
Amatitlania is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America from El Salvador and Guatemala to Panama. The genus is closely related to Archocentrus and Cryptoheros, and contains the convict cichlids that were previously placed in those genera. The genus was erected by Juan Schmitter-Soto in 2007 based on a study of the Archocentrus complex.[1] However, a 2008 study led by Oldrich Rican has suggested that all the species in Cryptoheros and Amatitlania should be moved into the genus Hypsophrys.[2]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Amatitlania altoflava (Allgayer 2001)
- Amatitlania coatepeque Schmitter-Soto, 2007
- Amatitlania kanna Schmitter-Soto, 2007
- Amatitlania myrnae (Loiselle, 1997)
- Amatitlania nanolutea (Allgayer, 1994)
- Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867) (Convict cichlid)
- Amatitlania septemfasciata (Regan, 1908)
- Amatitlania sajica (Bussing, 1974)
- Amatitlania siquia Schmitter-Soto, 2007 (Honduran red point cichlid)
References
- ^ Schmitter-Soto, J.J. (2007): A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species. Zootaxa, 1603: 1-78.
- ^ Heijns, W. (2009). "Central American heroine cichlids, a phylogenetic approach". Cichlid News. pp. 14–22.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Amatitlania in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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